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Locality Name:
Calvin Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 215060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calvin Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Eau Claire Beryl Occurrence (MacLaren)
Hayes Property (Eau Claire)
Purdy Mine
Rutherglen Brucite

Latitude: 46°15'38"N
Longitude: 78°53'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.260555555556,-78.89

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Nb O Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBruciteCalciteClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNoneOlivinePyroxene
QuartzSpinelTitanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Beryl  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fayalite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1326628803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1326631036
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18232662,326644286
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2132665462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)232664,3266527770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21326659895
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)132663371
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6132663741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413266314899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)232662,326644924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2232662,3266317380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213266261156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1326644899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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